I watch the videos to see cool snakes, not to learn really. I take everything I hear in his videos with a grain of salt. I agree 110% with Jinx. I think the fader "gene" is a result of line breeding. Even the HGW + G (granite) thing is debatable. Supposedly the granite "sticks" to the HGW, and you can produce granites. His pastel YB fader granite looks like a regular pastel. I bet it's a pastel YB, but granite and fader? meh. Doesn't warrant the 4k price tag IMO. As Jinx said, if people are willing to pay that money, then good on kevin for being a great salesman. Sloan Reptiles purchased a "HGWG" but sell their offspring as HGW. They say their philosophy is that they'd rather sell a snake as what it obviously is, and if the buyer gets something sweet out of it, then they're happy.
I also think Jinx's fire YB is one of the hottest ones out there, and there's no fader in it lol. Just a great example.
Shop for quality - not the gene, not the price, and not the name. You will be happier than if you saved a few bucks on that brown bumblebee.
I don't dislike Kevin at all. I think he's doing a great job getting people excited about ball pythons. He definitely has a passion for reptiles or else he wouldn't fight tooth and nail to keep them available for all of us. However, he's also running a business, and he must do what he can to sell his snakes. That means telling people that there -might- be something extra in his snakes, or that his snakes are the best. Doesn't everyone say they have the finest, healthiest, most top-shelf animal? Just felt like adding this disclaimer-ish paragraph to let you know I'm just sharing my opinion, and not really giving a review on him or his business.
Originally Posted by reixox
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